San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-11-01

of the "Open Court" B. F underwood
Ia Its editor, and his Office Is at l69-l7i
LaSalle street, Chicago.
The county commissioners OF Hamtl
ton county, Ohio. have addressed th'
following communication 10 Governor
Foraker: "Desr Sir: You have beef
so eminently successful In making
Gen" Powell pay his taxes. ever
though they were twelve years OVei
due, that we want to know II you can
not come down and give US hit. W.
are much troubled with delinquent tax
payers, though we have no sucl
hardened cases as Gen" Powell"
SwISroN, the labor editor, has beer
nominated to the New York assembly
for the seventh senatorial district OF tina
state. John SwintOn's name is house
hold word 10 sll labor circles. and he II
well known rs man OF sterling, non
esty and great fearlessness in his AdVo
cacy of what he believes to be right. l
John il elected, he will make matter;
warm for some Of the mossbscks OF the
Empire state.
THERE is no person on this continent
TO whom the Old saying that great
wit to madness nearly is allied Is more
applicable than to George Francis
Train. Now, when the intirmities oil
mind, whose past has been unusually
stirring, and brain whose busy actiVi-
ties have organized some OF the most
stupendous achievements OF this age,
now. when that mind Is weakening TO
decay, some friendly hand should save
| thi- man from himself. Ii were kind
ly thing 10 do.
ST NICHOLAS for November came In
this month, the latest OF all the maya
zines that have reached the LIGHT table.
In nothing else however Is 1t behind.
1t is the best young peoples magazine
that ia Issued on either continent, and
each wear finds 1t steadily enlarging the
ground OF its usefulness and the scope Of
its operations. We make no note of con-
tents this month as the magazine was
very generally in the hands OF our read
ers before reaching THE office. Late or
early, 1t is always acceptable.
CANADA has Out-traveled the United
States in the race for debt accumula-
tiOns. The dominion figures up pub.
lie debt OF $22S, 500, 600, or double that
of this country, per capita taken as a
basis. The United States reports a
treasury surplus and reduced indebted.
ness every year, Canada reports in
sufficient revenues, Increased taxation
and accommodating debt Sir John
Mcdonald has not proved very great
blessing to his country. Ii he has, 1t
must be blessing In disguise;
so thoroughly disguised that you can
not see 1t.
The imaginative interviewer has sue
ceeded in raising breeze between
Father McGlynn and Henry George.
The interviewer represented Father
Brennan, of Newark, N. j., as saying
that the communicated priest had
reprdiated Henry George and was about
{ return TO the bosom OF the church.
The feeling was growing sultry In Hem
RVS breast when atelegram from Father
Brennan set the seal OF an emphatic de
NAL upon the reporters statement An
other case Of whole cloth and spirited
reporter.
WITH the November number Of the
Century, the Lincoln history reaches
most interesting part of the great presi-
dents career, the period between his
election and his Inauguration, and one
upon which, by their personal relations
to him, Messrs. NioOlay a. d Hay are
able to throw much new light. his in
stallment contains large quotations
from unpublished Ms letters, to and
from Lincoln. The separate chapters
d. al with the Montgomery oOnfederacy,
the proposed constitutional al amendment,
the presdent-elect, Alexander Stepn-
EMS speech and correspondent with
Lincoln, and Mr.. LinGOIn's answers to
questions as to his policy. Portraits are
given of Howell Cobb, Jefferson Davis,
Z B Washburne, ThurlOw Weed. AL
exander II. Stephens. George D. Prem
tiCe, and John A. Gilmer.
with the unseltish affection
which David bore to Jonathan, but he
is not inclined TO 60 back on the demo
Gracy when he can avoid it 1t is quite
refreshing, therefore, to hear this able
champion OF democracy, and he is as
able Ms they have in their camp, charge
home upon the Ohio hosts the sins OF
omission and commission which charac-
teriZe their leader. The Sun acknOw-
Lodges that candidate -for-gOvernor-
Powell. OF the democratic household of
faith, does not pay his taxes; shows up
the utter foOlishness of his attempting
TO force cast iron free trade policy up
on protection state; and, last, but by
no means least, charges that Mr.. Powell
handicapped himself. The Sun says that
a state with big democratic majority
could not stand that. If so what will
become Of poor Powell in Ohio.